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US20120130300 Therapeutic Methods Using Controlled Delivery Devices Having Zero Order Kinetics  
An injectable or implantable medical device having orifice(s) on the surface that release an active agent with zero-order release kinetics is described herein. The device is a hollow matrix of any...
US20120127687 FLEXIBLE CIRCUITS AND ELECTRONIC TEXTILES  
Embodiments of wearable flexible devices and related methods are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US20120127164 PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING AVATAR  
A processing apparatus for creating an avatar is provided. The processing apparatus calculates skeleton sizes of joints of the avatar and local coordinates corresponding to sensors attached to a...
US20120121691 Method for Increasing the Production of a Specific ACYL-Chain Dihydroceramide(s) for Improving the Effectiveness of Cancer Treatments  
A method to improve the effectiveness of cancer treatments by increasing the production of specific ACYL-chain dihydroceramide(s). Increase of native chain-length dihydroceramides is directly...
US20120118153 FLUORINATED METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS FOR HYDROCARBON STORAGE  
Fluorinated metal-organic frameworks (“FMOFs”) are capable of adsorbing and desorbing hydrocarbons, namely, C6-C8 hydrocarbon oil components (n-hexane, cyclohexane, benzene and toluene). FMOFs can...
US20120118148 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIR DEHUMIDIFICATION AND SENSIBLE COOLING USING A MULTIPLE STAGE PUMP  
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for dehumidifying air by establishing a humidity gradient across a water selective permeable membrane in a dehumidification unit. Water vapor...
US20120118147 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIR DEHUMIDIFICATION AND COOLING WITH MEMBRANE WATER VAPOR REJECTION  
The present disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for dehumidifying air by establishing a humidity gradient across a water selective permeable membrane in a dehumidification unit....
US20120118146 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT MULTI-STAGE AIR DEHUMIDIFICATION AND LIQUID RECOVERY  
The present invention relates to systems and methods for dehumidifying air by establishing humidity gradients in a plurality of dehumidification units, which are arranged in series and/or in...
US20120118145 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT AIR DEHUMIDIFICATION AND LIQUID RECOVERY  
The present invention relates to systems and methods for dehumidifying air by establishing a humidity gradient across a water selective permeable membrane in a dehumidification unit. Water vapor...
US20120117987 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT AIR DEHUMIDIFICATION AND LIQUID RECOVERY WITH EVAPORATIVE COOLING  
The present invention relates to systems and methods for dehumidifying air by establishing humidity gradients in one or more dehumidification units. Water vapor from relatively humid atmospheric...
8180997 Dynamically composing processor cores to form logical processors  
A method, system and computer program product for dynamically composing processor cores to form logical processors. Processor cores are composable in that the processor cores are dynamically...
8179253 Location and tracking system, method and device using wireless technology  
A system, method, and devices for locating an object, in which the system includes objects having location tags for projecting data about the object, a processing unit for receiving data about the...
8176796 Ultrasound multiphase fraction meter and method for determining phase fractions in a multiphase fluid  
An apparatus and method to determine fractions of various phases in a multiphase fluid. The apparatus includes main body including an interior configured receive a multiphase fluid and an exterior....
US20120115959 Therapeutic Compositions And Methods  
The present invention relates in general to therapeutic compositions and methods of use. In preferred embodiments, the invention relates to the field of eye health. In some embodiments, the...
US20120115746 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND DIAGNOSING IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME  
Compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating CVH and CVH-associated disorders are disclosed. Genes differentially expressed in CVH tissues relative to normal tissues are identified. The...
US20120115193 TRANSFORMATION OF GLYCEROL AND CELLULOSIC MATERIALS INTO HIGH ENERGY FUELS  
The present invention includes a system and method for making a biofuel comprising: providing a nitrogen-limiting, minimal growth media comprising glycerol, sugars generated from cellulosic biomass...
US20120114636 LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT CYCLIN E (LMW-E) AS A BIOMARKER FOR PERSONALIZATION OF CANCER THERAPIES  
Methods are disclosed for predicting a patient response to anti-Her2 therapy or anti-aromatase therapy. In certain embodiments, the methods involve the identification of low molecular weight cyclin...
US20120114559 NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY FORMATION OF FUNCTIONAL NANOPARTICLES USING DUAL RELEASE LAYERS  
Functional nanoparticles may be formed using at least one nanoimprint lithography step. In one embodiment, sacrificial material may be patterned on a multilayer substrate including one or more...
US20120114079 RADIO ARCHITECTURE FOR AN ULTRA LOW POWER RECEIVER  
An ultra low power radio receiver architecture based on phase locked loop is provided. Embodiments of an ultra low power radio receiver architecture based on phase locked loop can detect a complex...
US20120112385 PATTERNING OF NON-CONVEX SHAPED NANOSTRUCTURES  
Methods of making nano-scale structures with geometric cross-sections, including convex or non-convex cross-sections, are described. The approach may be used to directly pattern substrates and/or...
US20120111791 Surface Deposition of Small Molecules to Increase Water Purification Membrane Fouling Resistance  
The present invention includes methods and compositions for liquid separation and water purification. The present invention includes a purification membrane having a polymer matrix purification...
US20120111324 Dry Powder Drug Delivery Formulations, Methods of Use, and Devices Therefore  
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and formulations for the pulmonary administration of one or more therapeutic agents, in dry powder form, in a single, large dose quantity. These...
8173115 Particle compositions with a pre-selected cell internalization mode  
A method of formulating a particle composition having a pre-selected cell internalization mode involves selecting a target cell having surface receptors and obtaining particles that have i) surface...
US20120109560 Remote Interrogation of a Passive Wireless Antenna Sensor  
The condition of a structure using remote interrogation of a multi-state passive wireless antenna sensor that has a known resonant frequency when mounted on the structure. The passive wireless...
US20120108676 AEROSOL-MEDIATED PARTICLE SYNTHESIS  
Disclosed are aerosol-mediated methods for synthesizing particles for biomedical and drug delivery applications. The method is based on the production of particles from sprayed polymeric micro or...
US20120108503 METHODS FOR TREATING TYPE I DIABETES WITH LEPTIN AND LEPTIN AGONISTS  
The present invention provides for methods of treating type I diabetes by inducing hyperleptinemia in subjects afflicted with type I diabetes. These methods can achieve normoglycemia and suppress...
US20120108469 APPARATUS FOR COMBINATORIAL SYNTHESIS  
Apparatus and methods are described for split synthesis combinatorial chemistry that provides candidate libraries where an even distribution of theoretical products is obtainable through even...
US20120104244 PETROLEUM OIL ANALYSIS USING LIQUID NITROGEN COLD STAGE - LASER ABLATION- ICP MASS SPECTROMETRY  
A novel application of a cold-stage coupled to a laser ablation-ICP-MS system is disclosed herein. The novel system of the present invention offers significant advantages over other systems...
US20120104243 Silver and Silver Nanoparticle MALDI Matrix Utilizing Online Soft Landing Ion Mobillity  
Silver nanoparticles as a sample matrix for Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (MALDI) along with a novel method for nanoparticle development is described herein. The silver nanoparticles...
8169680 Polymers responsive to radiation pressures  
Polymers that undergo a reversible phase change in response to being exposed to a light from a laser having a radiation pressure greater than a threshold level. The phase changeable polymers have...
8167593 System and method for pump with deformable bearing surface  
Systems and methods for pumping fluid comprising a pumping chamber, a pump inlet, a pump outlet, a valving mechanism, and a drive piston or pumping chamber wall including a deformable surface...
US20120101010 ALKOXY CARBOXYLATE SURFACTANTS  
Provided herein are inter alia novel compositions and methods having application in a variety of fields including the field of enhanced oil recovery, the cleaning industry as well as groundwater...
US20120100203 Fabrication of Biscrolled Fiber Using Carbon Nanotube Sheet  
Fabrication of yarns or other shaped articles from materials in powder form (or nanoparticles or nanofibers) using carbon nanotube/nanofiber sheet as a platform (template). This includes methods...
US20120100181 Attenuation of Encephalitogenic Alphavirus and Uses Thereof  
The present invention is drawn to generating attenuated and less cytopathic forms of New World alphaviruses that can be used in immunogenic compositions as vaccines against both Old and New World...
US20120100070 Cyclic Peptide Analogues For Non-Invasive Imaging of Pancreatic Beta-Cells  
Compositions, methods of using and methods of making a cyclic peptide analog imaging agent that includes at least portions of a peptide or protein that binds specifically to the GLP-1 receptor...
US20120098564 Reversing the Weak Measurement on a Qubit  
Methods and systems are disclosed for restoring a state of a qubit transformed by a weak measurement to its original state. Unlike traditional methods, in which, the restoration was carried out by...
8165533 Apparatus and method for beamforming based on generalized eigen-analysis in multiple input multiple output wireless communication system  
An apparatus and method for beamforming in a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) wireless communication system are provided. A Base Station (BS) includes a calculator for generating relational...
8164979 System and method for acquisition and processing of elastic wavefield seismic data  
A system and method of acquiring and processing full elastic waveform data from a vertical-force source comprises providing seismic waves into the earth from the vertical-force source, sensing...
8164500 Jitter cancellation method for continuous-time sigma-delta modulators  
A continuous-time delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is disclosed. The ADC includes a loop filter, a loop quantizer, and a clock-jitter tolerant digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The...
8164039 Method and apparatus for detecting spiculated masses in mammography  
A method and apparatus detects one or more spiculated masses in an image using a processor. The image is received in the processor. The received image is filtered using one or more Gaussian filters...
8163881 Immunoglobulin molecules with improved characteristics  
The present invention provides for IgG1 molecules with improved characteristics. In particular, substitution mutations are provided that, in combination, facilitate improved placental transfer,...
8163814 Process of forming crosslinked copolymer film, crosslinked copolymer film formed thereby, and water purification membrane  
Azidoaryl-substituted cyclooctene monomers and synthesized and used in the preparation of various copolymers. Among these copolymers are those prepared from ring-opening metathesis polymerization...
8163709 TAK1-D mediated induction of cell death in human cancer cells by specific sequence short double-stranded RNAS  
The splicing variant D of the TAK1 gene is activated by short double-stranded RNAs in a sequence specific manner. Activation of TAK1-D leads to the downstream activation of the p38 MAPK and of...
8163692 Protection against and treatment of ionizing radiation  
Methods of preparing a proteoliposome comprise the step of contacting a liposome with an effective portion of RalBP1 to create a proteoliposome. RalBP1 is effective for the protection and treatment...
8163567 Methods and compositions comprising capture agents  
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for detecting a substance using mixed or multiple element capture agents (MECA). The affinity of a MECA for a target is produced by the...
8162834 Hemoglobin contrast in ultrasound and optical coherence tomography for diagnosing diseased tissue, cancers, and the like  
A novel contrast mechanism for diagnosing diseased tissue using Ultrasound, Doppler Ultrasonography, Optical Coherence Tomography, or optical Doppler tomography coupled with an externally applied...
US20120096234 INFORMATION REPRESENTATION AND CODING FOR NONVOLATILE MEMORIES  
A memory device having a plurality of cells, each of which stores a value, where the values of the cells are mapped to discrete levels and the discrete levels represent data, is programmed by...
US20120095443 NANOCHANNELED DEVICE AND RELATED METHODS  
A capsule configured for in vivo refilling of a thereapeutic agent. In certain embodiments, the capsule may contain methotrexate.
US20120095272 INTEGRATED BIOFUEL PROCESSING SYSTEM  
A unique, integrated non-obvious pathway to convert biomass to biofuels using integration of chemical processes is described herein. The present invention is simple, direct, and provides for the...
US20120095143 DISPERSION AND RETRIEVAL OF DE-BUNDLED NANOTUBES  
A method for dispersing nanotubes, comprising forming a nanocomposite solution with associated nanotubes and nanoplatelets, mixing a surfactant to the nanocomposite solution, separating the...